Tips

Tips

• ComponentOne updates popular grid and charting tools

  Ed Tittel's latest tip for the .NET developer features ComponentOne, a key player in the UI module market with tools such as Studio Enterprise 2005.  Continue Reading

• What else is new for VB 9?

  Innovative LINQ query methods have so far garnered the VB 9 headlines. But implicitly typed local variables, object initializers, and nullable types are also part of VB 9.  Continue Reading

• New APIs are coming with Windows Presentation Foundation

  Among things to learn about Windows Presentation Foundation are new collections of APIs. Some relate to Metro and new means for printing high-quality docs.  Continue Reading

• Another VS-compatible calendaring gem

  This tip from Ed Tittel describes CalendarGo!, a multi-functional bundle that includes calendar, schedule and charting controls.  Continue Reading

• ASP.NET application development tips

  At VSLive 2005 in Boston, Chris Kinsman offered tricks for building ASP.NET apps, advising attendees to create a class for app settings, to create an n-tier architecture and more.  Continue Reading

• Chapter Download: Introduction to Office Solutions

  This chapter comes from "Visual Studio Tools for Office: Using C# with Word, Excel, Office and InfoPath," the latest book in the Microsoft .NET Development Series.  Continue Reading

• If your .NET dashboard needs gauges ...

  Those who build applications that must report on real-time measurements could take a look at a set of pre-packaged. NET gauges.  Continue Reading

• To CTP or not to CTP, that is the question

  There are both benefits and disadvantages to Microsoft's latest type of pre-release software, known as the Community Technical Preview or CTP.  Continue Reading

• ASP.NET 2.0 provides cleaner, developer-friendly coding

  With ASP.NET 2.0, Microsoft made trade-offs. Controls for log-ins do the work for you. In other places, like HTML formatting, the software no longer imposes its will.  Continue Reading

• VS 2005 release date set; now what?

  There is much to expect from Microsoft now that it has announced release dates for VS 2005, SQLServer2005 and Biztalk Server 2006, expert Ed Tittel writes.  Continue Reading

• Migrating or converting from VB 6 to VB.NET

  In this tip, Ed Tittel explains that the best way to migrate code from VB 6 to VB .NET is to make sure you have the proper tools for the job.  Continue Reading

• Three must-have tools: Version control, issue tracking, unit testing

  Developers argue which tools are really required. Every topnotch developer I know would agree three core areas need to be covered: Version control, issue tracking and unit testing.  Continue Reading

• Learn exception handling

  Jeffrey Richter tells SearchVB.com that .NET exception handling has many benefits, such as better performance and debugging. CLR errors are reported via exceptions.  Continue Reading

• Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 now available

  A long-awaited beta is available. Read these notes before making your move.  Continue Reading

• Looking to write new VB apps in .NET?

  A reader asks: "What is the difference between Visual Studio Net and Visual Basic .NET? We are looking to write new VB apps in .NET."  Continue Reading